US-India Cooperative Research: Evolution of the Cetacean Body Plan--Eocene Whales from India

美印合作研究：鲸目动物身体结构的演化——来自印度的始新世鲸鱼

• 批准号: 0216710
• 负责人: Johannes Thewissen
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northeast Ohio Medical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0216710&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; India; Cooperative; Research; Evolution

0216710Thewissen Description: This award supports the US-India Cooperative Research: Evolution of the Cetacean Body Plan-Eocene Whales from India. US PI Hans Thewissen, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine and Sunil Bajpai, Indian Institute of Technology (IITR), Roorkee, India will study one of the most remarkable evolutionary transformations in the vertebrate fossil record, the transformation of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) from terrestrial quadruped to obligate marine swimmer. They will examine the evolutionary processes and underlying causes, with special reference to the organ systems that underwent the greatest changes in the land to water transition. This project will test hypotheses about the evolutionary processes that determined much of the cetacean body plan. These systems (locomotion, balance, and sound transmission) are documented by fossils and underlie the evolutionary success of the order Cetacea. The PIs will integrate traditional anatomical and functional data with new insights from developmental biology to yield new understanding of the evolutionary process. The investigators will collect and study fossils in India. Scope: This will be a rare opportunity for the investigators to study the link between paleontology and development. The US and Indian PIs are eminently well qualified; they have complementary expertise and an established collaboration. Bajpai is the leading authority on fossil cetaceans in India and his institution houses its most significant collections. Beyond the scientific community, this study will enhance tools for teaching evolution to students and for explaining scientific processes to the public. The award will further partnerships among researchers including young scientists, collaborative links between the institutions, and advance theoretical interests in both countries. This project is jointly funded by the Indian Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the NSF/DST joint program.

0216710 Thewissen描述：该奖项支持美国 - 印度合作研究：鲸类人体计划 - 欧新新世鲸鱼的进化。 US PI Hans Thewissen, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine and Sunil Bajpai, Indian Institute of Technology (IITR), Roorkee, India will study one of the most remarkable evolutionary transformations in the vertebrate fossil record, the transformation of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) from terrestrial quadruped to obligate marine swimmer. 他们将检查进化过程和根本原因，并特别提及的器官系统经历了土地到水过渡的最大变化。 该项目将测试有关确定鲸类身体计划大部分的进化过程的假设。 这些系统（运动，平衡和声音传播）由化石记录，并构成了Cetacea秩序的进化成功。 PI将将传统的解剖学和功能数据与从发育生物学的新见解相结合，以产生对进化过程的新理解。 调查人员将在印度收集和研究化石。 范围：这对于研究人员来说将是一个难得的机会，可以研究古生物学与发展之间的联系。 美国和印度的PI非常合格。他们拥有互补的专业知识和既定的合作。 Bajpai是印度化石鲸类及其机构的领先当局，其机构是其最重要的收藏。 除了科学界，这项研究还将增强向学生讲授演变并向公众解释科学过程的工具。 该奖项将在包括年轻科学家在内的研究人员之间进行进一步的合作伙伴关系，机构之间的合作联系以及在两国的理论利益中提高了理论利益。 该项目由印度科学技术部（DST）共同资助，根据NSF/DST联合计划。